In 1994, talk was the most exciting thing ever. I could type back and forth with my roommate, while she was still at work! Woot.
I think what my daughter's trying to say is: nyah nyah nyah nyah.
Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Aug 07, 2012 9:44:52 am PDT #17312 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Amy - Aug 07, 2012 9:45:20 am PDT #17313 of 30001
Because books.
"They could go to my website and see a picture of my cat, so they knew I was serious"
Does that mean we can blame it all on him?
-t - Aug 07, 2012 9:48:15 am PDT #17314 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm sure he wouldn't mind.
sarameg - Aug 07, 2012 9:50:38 am PDT #17315 of 30001
I used tohave long conversations over talk with a friend/crush from high school who was up at Harvard, freshman year. He was homesick and few of his other friends had access to it.
First browser I used was a dev version of Mosaic, so that was what, 92? (Observatory was in a partnership with U. of Ill.)
Burrell - Aug 07, 2012 9:50:44 am PDT #17316 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I didn't get internet access until grad school, can't remember the exact date. I just remember that they installed ethernet cables in the uni housing and boom! There it was.
Fred Pete - Aug 07, 2012 9:52:26 am PDT #17317 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Blame? Why are cat pictures deserving of blame?
msbelle - Aug 07, 2012 9:54:10 am PDT #17318 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
ahh BBS chat good times. webbroadcasting or something. ridiculous theme rooms or somesuch.
I think I was buying off ebay in 1995.
chrismg - Aug 07, 2012 9:59:43 am PDT #17319 of 30001
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
I got online in...91, I think? When I was at UT Austin. I spent way too much time on Usenet.
(When was the original Undocumented Features posted to rec.arts.anime?)
Zenkitty - Aug 07, 2012 10:04:18 am PDT #17320 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I was mostly unemployed and BAROQUE in 1994. By 1995 I was working at my sister's company and then I was getting online, checking in on boards that posted Highlander fanfic. My sister taught me how to use ftp. It was amazing. We could get huge documents from Germany just like *that*.
-t - Aug 07, 2012 10:11:12 am PDT #17321 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
In just a few hours! 1200 baud modem, baby.
I remember gopher and ARCHIE, but not Veronica.